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Bitcoin price on a date

Choose a date and amount to compare a historical BTC/USD close with the latest cached reference. Venue, candle time and data coverage stay visible.

Look up a historical close

Choose a date inside the available coverage window.

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Selected date versus latest reference

A daily close is one venue observation, not one universal Bitcoin price.

A historical price needs a timestamp and venue

Bitcoin trades around the clock. “The price on a date” normally means a selected market’s daily close, not every trade made that day. Different exchanges can use different candle boundaries and briefly show different prices.

Nearest observation rule

If the chosen date has no candle in the cached series, the tool returns the nearest available observation and prints its actual date. It never silently invents a missing close.

Open the full Bitcoin price chart for more ranges and download options, or read how Bitcoin’s price forms.

Questions this calculator cannot answer

  • What price a person actually paid after spread and fees.
  • Whether an exchange order would have filled at the close.
  • Taxes, custody charges or lost access.
  • What Bitcoin will be worth later.

Nominal dollars are not purchasing power

A dollar amount from years ago and the same number today do not buy the same basket of goods. Use the macro overlay for inflation context without claiming that correlation proves cause.

How Bitcoin.now handles tool data

Calculated values

Deterministic tools state their assumptions beside the result. They do not present a model as an executable quote.

Observed values

External observations use read-only public data, retain the latest valid cache, and show freshness when a source is delayed.

Safety boundary

No tool trades, broadcasts, connects a wallet, stores a secret, or gives personal financial advice.

Review the data methodology, editorial policy, and risk disclaimer.

Using bitcoin price on a date responsibly

Which Bitcoin price is used?

The result names its BTC/USD venue and returns the nearest cached daily close. Bitcoin has no central closing auction, so another venue or timestamp may differ.

Why is my requested date different?

The source may lack a candle for that exact date or the cached archive may start later. The tool prints both the requested date and the observation it actually used.

Does the return include fees or inflation?

No. It compares nominal reference prices. It excludes trading costs, custody, taxes, failed execution and changes in the purchasing power of dollars.